The headlines of the leading newspapers on 09 May 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports Transnet has awarded a 17-billion-rand concession contract to five private sector partners, including a Bidvest consortium, to fund, build, and operate several liquid bulk terminals at the Richards Bay port. The paper writes the construction is expected to create thousands of jobs.
# Mail & Guardian on Fridays:
Has a special women’s edition this week to commemorate Mother’s Day. The paper writes it is for all the mothers, aunts and daughters for their contribution to the economy, and their significant contribution to motherhood.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Leads with the murder case against Robin and Kirsten Clark after the death of their 19-month-old daughter Krisley in 2013. It was argued in the High Court in Gqeberha yesterday that medical help was deliberately withheld.
Secondly, the website reports on the election of 69-year-old Robert Prevost as the new Pope Leo the XIV.
And finally, there is news about the Freitag murder case where the court had to hear an interwoven story of drugs and sex when one of the accused, Rudie Lubbe, testified.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Reports the bodies of missing journalist, Sibusiso Ndlovu and his girlfriend Zodwa Mdhluli have been found in a field in the Kwa Mhlanga area.
And secondly, the paper writes EFF leader Julius Malema has no intention of withdrawing his visa application to visit Britain.
# Sowetan:
Devotes its entire front page to the Nedbank Cup final between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in Durban tomorrow.
# And The Citizen:
Writes experts are of the opinion that not even all the plans that Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, is devising to save the city can protect his job.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports the Student Council Manager for Sport at Stellenbosch University, Maqhawe Sithole, has appeared in court after allegedly assaulting a young woman in a university residence.
And secondly, the paper writes warnings of high swells and strong winds have been issued in the Western Cape.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports almost a year after the first questions were asked about the safety of the water in the tankers being outsourced, officials from Nelson Mandela Bay still cannot give guarantees.
And secondly, the paper writes a policewoman from Kabega Park has appeared in court after the police’s Money-for-Murder task force arrested her in connection with 16 charges of fraud.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes two Fidelity Guards security guards escaped unharmed during a cash-in-transit robbery on the N3 in Mkondeni.
And secondly, there is a report about the theft of computers at a local school.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the minister of Health and Social Services, Nikanor Nangolo, says her ministry is currently operating at only 50-percent of its required staff capacity, a state of affairs that she describes as very dangerous.
And secondly, the paper writes the 235-million-rand budgeted for the construction of 13 sports stadiums is a drop in the bucket compared to the two-billion-rand that the renovation of the Independence Stadium will cost.